Word: caste
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From the article's headline, tone and front-page placement, it would appear that its purpose was to cast aspersions on Judith Kidd's remarkable achievements at City Year. In reality, all facts are to the contrary...
Though neither group uses formal scripts during performances, rehearsals are still held to allow cast members to "bond" and to familiarize themselves with the nature of the performance...
...series of segments that combine the narrative of theater with the movement of dance. "Snappy Crayons," which lends the piece its title, is just one of these scenes. In this demonstration of the "soon-to-be sport of foam baton air drawing," Whiteside is joined by four cast members--Martha Mason, Marjorie Morgan, David Russell and Harvard junior John Blackmer '98. To the music of Bill Frisell, the dancers climb all over each other with remarkable strength, waving brightly colored foam batons. The ease with which the dancers twist their bodies around each other is fascinating, and the unpredictable contortions...
...fast pace of the show, powered by the engergy of the performers, is sustained to the final scene, "Hot Rod Lincoln," in which all five cast members perform. Music by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen provides background while the dancers pantomime driving fast cars. That the dancers still effortlessly lift each other and climb around as if they hadn't been performing for nearly an hour and a half is amazing...
...Snappy Crayons and Other Dances" succeeds because it is a fresh take on modern dance, stripping the genre of its over-abstract qualities and restoring a more basic, natural humor. The audience seems to respond easily to the pure fun of watching the antics of Whiteside and his cast, and is won over by both the relaxed nature of the performers and their physical skill and control. Hopefully the success of "Snappy Crayons" will inspire this alumnus of both Ringling Bros. and Harvard University to further dance/theater adventures...